Smith was UK's first commitment in the 2019 class, pledging to Mark Stoops' staff in June 2017. Since then, UK has added four more pledges to the class, including another four-star safety in the Rivals' rankings, Moses Dogulass.

Smith was the latest commitment in a productive pipeline for UK from Chaminade Madonna High School in Hollywood, Florida. The program produced three signees in UK's 2018 class (wide receivers Marvin Alexander and Akeem Hayes and defensive lineman Davoan Hawkins) and two signees in the Wildcats' 2017 class (wide receiver Josh Ali and outside linebacker Christopher Whitakker).